We are seeing the rubber-band syndrome common to any large social change.
At first, there's no action (i.e., sexual abuse is not talked about, kids are not believed, things are covered up, perps taking the cure)
Next, there's a huge overreaction. Everybody talks about it, there's an outcry, lawsuits filed, new laws made, new social reactions and institutions put into place. That's where we are now.
The final stage is winding down from the overreaction, making sure the new societal institutions and responses are working, and homogenization of the social position. We're not there yet.
This is merely my own, completely unscientific, opinion, but I see this progression a lot.
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